Comparison

Interval Timer vs Text Shot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Interval Timer

This versatile timer app allows users to create custom sequences for various activities, from breathwork and workouts to focus sessions and cooking. It offers AI-powered voice guidance, iCloud synchronization across Apple devices, and a minimalist black-and-white interface.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer chains
  • Breathwork flow builder
  • Intermittent fasting timers
  • Workout routine creator
  • Focus and Pomodoro timers
  • AI voice guidance
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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"This isn't just another timer app. This is your favorite timer app's favorite timer app" - Cody Lee, iDownloadBlog. "What I like most about TimeWave, though, is its clean, black-and-white design" - John Voorhees, MacStories. "Liquid Glass really comes to life on its widgets" - Michael Burkhardt, 9to5Mac. "Best iPhone Apps of July, 2021" - Beau Hamilton, Slashdot. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH TIMEWAVE? TimeWave allows you to combine your breathwork app, your workout app, your focus timer, cooking timer and much more into one single app. You can use TimeWave for: • Breathwork — build custom breathing flows like 4-7-8 Breathing to lower blood pressure, Physiological Sigh to reduce stress and anxiety, Wim Hof Breathing to increase alertness, Box Breathing to relax and much more. • Intermittent Fasting — Create your own intermittent fasting using various splits like 16:8, 12:12, 5:2, etc. You can create timer-splits for each day or for the entire week. • Workout Routines — create your own workouts by chaining excercise and break durations. You can make Tabata/HIIT workouts or even yoga routines. • 20-20-20 Rule — create a timewave to follow the 20-20-20 rule (Every 20 minutes look at something 20 ft away for 20 seconds) while working with screens to prevent eye-strain. • Focus Timers — create pomodoro timers or any kind of work-break timewaves. You are not restricted to 25 minute session, you can create any sequence that suits your preferences. • Cooking — ever had to keep resetting your timers after each whistle? well, now you wont have to. Just create a timewave for each recipe. • Everything — anything else that involves timed sequential tasks. SPECIAL FEATURES: • TimeWave A.I — TimeWave will tell you what has to be done for how long while the Calibre is running. For eg: "Breathe In For 4 Seconds" so you don't have to look at the screen. • iCloud Sync — Available on Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch and keeps everything up-to to date on all your devices with iCloud Sync. • Black & White UI — B&W is a lot of colours. If you are anything like us, you'll love our ironically modern black and white UI. MORE: • Personal touch — a hand-crafted Indie app. If you have any questions or feedback, you can reach out to us at timewave.team@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://timewaveapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://timewaveapp.com/terms

About

Text Shot

Easily transform text snippets into visually appealing, shareable images. Customize with titles, sources, themes, fonts, and sizes. Automate creation with Shortcuts integration.

Highlights
  • Create shareable text images
  • Add title, source, and author
  • Customize theme, font, and size
  • Shortcuts app integration
  • Universal iOS/iPadOS/macOS support
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Text Shot is a universal (iOS/iPadOS/macOS) application that lets you take text snippets and create beautiful shareable images (text shots). You can add a title, source, author, and the quote, or just a few of them! From there, you can choose a theme, font, and a size, to customise how each text shot looks. You can also find all of this functionality inside of a "Create Text Shot" action in the Shortcuts app. Which means, you can even build your own automations to make the process of creating and sharing your text shots even easier.

Screenshots

Interval Timer4 screens
Text Shot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Interval Timer at Free against Text Shot's $2.99. Interval Timer also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 3) and review sentiment (86% vs 75%). Text Shot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Interval Timer is free to download; Text Shot costs $2.99 up front. Interval Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Text Shot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Interval Timer against 4.7 for Text Shot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Interval Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Text Shot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interval Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Shot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Interval Timer versus Text Shot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval TimerText Shot
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (25 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammed Sahil ArayakandyChristopher R Hannah

Customer experience

Interval Timer

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Text Shot

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Interval Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99
None

Text Shot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Shot free?
Text Shot costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interval Timer or Text Shot?
Text Shot is rated higher. Interval Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Text Shot averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Interval Timer or Text Shot have ads?
Neither Interval Timer nor Text Shot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interval Timer or Text Shot?
Interval Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Text Shot every 5 weeks. Most recently, Interval Timer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Text Shot on August 27, 2026.

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